by Helen Kain | Dec 31, 2020 | Brown, Christmas, Green, Home, Recent, White, Winter Tablescapes
Let’s send 2020 on its way with a whimsical table setting, with plates featuring handpainted watercolours of woodland animals set with humble pine cones and some glitzy gold. Designed by artist and founder Hannah Dale of Wrendale Designs, they are described...
by Helen Kain | Dec 15, 2020 | Brown, Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
Winter greenery, in the form of holly, pine, juniper and winter berries, feature heavily on Woodland Berry plates by Williams Sonoma, The dinner plate has lots of clean white space in the centre, forming a perfect backdrop for a delicious feast. The salad plate is...
by Helen Kain | Dec 13, 2020 | Christmas, Recent, Sweets, Winter Recipes
This cake is the result of a happy collision of ideas. First, the plates (as so often happens around here). They’re Woodland Berry by Williams Sonoma – a combined gift from daughter Lauren and daughter-in-law Annie for Christmas last year. I’ve been...
by Helen Kain | Dec 4, 2020 | Blue, Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow
Nostalgic and colourful, these sturdy ironstone salad plates inspired a delightful few days of baking. I toyed with the idea of making a gingerbread house and even went so far as to bake a gingerbread bundt cake. Nice, but somehow lacked panache. The houses make you...
by Helen Kain | Dec 4, 2020 | Christmas, Sweets, Winter Recipes, Winter Tablescapes
When I was little, a crisp, spicy gingerbread cookie adorned with crunchy icing was the tantalizing reward to encourage exemplary behaviour while Christmas shopping with my Mum. Trailing around after her, scarf dragging and winter boots clumping, my thoughts would run...
by Helen Kain | Nov 15, 2020 | Black, Christmas, Green, Grey and Pewter, Pink and Red, Winter Tablescapes
We’ve had a spell of glorious weather here in Canada, and last weekend the Japanese Maple in our back yard had reached the peak of perfection. The light filtering through its brilliant red leaves caught my attention, and bang went my plans for the morning....